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" Historically, I'm not a great patient when it comes to slowing down. "
Michael Keaton
Slowing
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Great
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" I'm a very private person. "
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" All actors are my brothers and my sisters. It ain't cool to compare or disparage them. It ain't polite. "
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" David Letterman used to say, 'I wasn't the class clown, but I wrote for him,' and that's exactly it. You want to be known to be funny without having it pointed out. "
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" Leaving a lot of movie sets, I've gone home and said, 'How come my hands are clean?' I should finish something and go home with dirt in my fingernails, because then you really feel that you've done something. "
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" I guess I'm probably a Method actor; I don't know... I just think of it as staying in the zone. "
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" I remember my mom threatening me, half-serious: 'You know what? I should take you to Pittsburgh and put you in dance lessons just to keep you occupied.' Well, that brought everything to a screeching halt. 'Jeeze, dance lessons.' In retrospect, it would have been awesome, but then, 'Ugh, dancing - dancing's for sissies.' "
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" You don't get bored with stuff like 'Birdman.' "
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" To make extra money, my parents would sell eggs and chickens. I was very little. I remember a chicken's head being chopped off with the chicken running around. I wasn't sure if my imagination was running away with me or if it really happened. It really happened. "
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Parents
Imagination
Chicken
" I've got six wonderful brothers and sisters. "
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" Sometimes I don't feel like an actor. Sometimes I speak about it like it was another job, and then I go, 'Wait a minute - I am one!' "
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" There're only a few photographers I've ever felt really comfortable with. "
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" I'd get scripts and think: 'What's the point of this?' "
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" There's this thin line between knowing something is going to be really hard and saying, 'Yeah, you know, but I still gotta see if I can pull it off.' "
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I Can
" There comes a point in your life when you realize how quickly time goes by, and how quickly it has gone. Then it really speeds up exponentially. With that, I think you start to put a lot of things into context; you start to see how huge the world is, and really, the universe. "
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You
World
Time
" I try to not be or associate with elitists. "
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" High energy creates more energy, more energy, more energy. It kicks off synapses, I guess. It opens up your brain and you think of one thing after another thing, after another. You can really open yourself up comedically, which is fun. "
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You
Brain
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" I liked going to Catholic school. "
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School
Catholic
Catholic School
" I find there are a few places where I like to meditate more than in other places. There's a little Catholic church that I go to, and there's another temple I go to - there are certain places where I just feel more comfortable. "
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Temple
Church
Comfortable
" In our family, my brothers and I shared toys. In other words, just because it was mine didn't mean my brothers and I didn't play with it. "
Michael Keaton
Toys
Words
Family
" My first manager, he had left Germany when he was five, but he would joke about the Nazis. And I'd laugh, but I'd look at him, and he was the first one who told me, 'You know, funny is a powerful thing; it's a wonderful weapon.' "
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" If I didn't do 'Batman,' 'Birdman' wouldn't have happened. "
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" Colbert makes me crazy: he's so funny. Plus, he seems like an extraordinarily decent dude. "
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" 'Birdman' has kinda... changed things. I'm not saying you won't see traditionally made movies any more. But I've had meetings with directors, and they've said it makes them rethink everything. You can hate this movie, but you have to talk about it. It's going to go down as one of the most interesting movies ever made. "
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" I read that John Hughes script for 'Mr. Mom,' and I thought, 'This guy is a funny writer.' I went: 'You ought to stick around and direct this thing.' But he didn't; he left, and look what he became. A really legendary comedy director. "
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" I went through a lazy period. "
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" There are certainly producers I hang with and directors I hang with and actors I hang with. "
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Hang
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" Will Ferrell makes me laugh a lot when he gets out there and gets crazy. "
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" Anyone can be a celebrity now; this is not a big deal anymore. "
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Celebrity
Big
Big Deal
" I've proven I'm courageous. I'm gutsier than anybody; I've got a better imagination than anybody; I'm essentially more creative than any other actor I know, and I've proven I take risks. I don't think I need to prove anything to myself any more. "
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